Pauline Contemporary Floral Fine Art Print | Unframed

As a child, I would spend a lot of time in New Caledonia visiting my French family. My grandmother, an avid gardener and eco warrior, had the most incredible expanse of garden/forrest/lychee plantation and she reliably informed my three year old self (and every year after that) that she knew precisely when I would be flying onto the island to see her in April because little purple flowers bloomed outside her window the day before I was due to arrive at Easter. My grandmother gave me many gifts of wisdom - learning to paint, to speak French well, to cook, to appreciate the beauty in nature’s simplicity and extravagance alike...but perhaps the most beautiful gift she gave me as a young child was that genuine belief that my arrival made those purple flowers bloom. For a little girl that searched the garden for flower fairies and who was dazzled by each new flower variety I was introduced to, that was a truly magical and kind belief to foster. 

So Easter for me is always a time of looking out for purple flowers, really any flowers blooming and as an adult, I feel it was really my grandmother who made everything bloom - the garden, her grandchildren, everyone she met...it was her magic all along. 

For everyone, Easter is all about new life and for me, nothing symbolises that better than fresh (purple) blooms and wild pastel colours. This happy, sweet, little bouquet celebrates new life, new hope, and that crisp, fresh seasonal change that brings cooler temperatures but equally, warmth to our hearts with time spent together and...lots of chocolate and hot cross buns.

Pauline is perhaps one of the most colour-loving people I’ve ever met so in naming this piece, her name seemed the obvious choice. This bouquet celebrates her colourful wardrobe, kind nature and cheeky, subtle and contagious humour. She is the ultimate celebrator of new life and new beauty in the every day - the kind of magnetic, warm, delightful, principled and dignified human we all aspire to meet in life and should always cherish when we do. She’s a bit magic, if you ask me.

Pauline is available in A2, A1 and A0 prints which will all fit in standard, store-bought frames.